Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Hebrews 11 Will your FAITH draw them to Christ?

The Faith of Abel, Enoch, Noah
4By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death. He could not be found, because God had taken him away.a For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

i. The writer to the Hebrews doesn’t say that it is difficult to please God without faith. He says that it is impossible.
c. He condemned the world: We shouldn’t think that Noah was a man who preached sermons of condemnation to the world. Instead, the mere conduct of the godly, without any preaching at all, can feel like condemnation to the world.
(Guzik)

This statement from David Guzik stands out to me, "the mere conduct of the godly, without any preaching at all, can feel like condemnation to the world."
The world can perceive this condemnation in two different ways. One would be hate the other could be curiosity.
The world is watching you. The curious world is waiting to see how you react.
Will you react as a loving Christian follower of Jesus Christ or will you react in the flesh?
Will the curious world call you a hypocrite or will your FAITH draw them to Christ?

Blessings, David

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